Van Beuren () is a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

surname. The word ''van'' is equivalent to the English "of" and the German ''von'', hence it usually is not capitalized in names. The similar name,

Buren Buren () is a town and municipality in the Betuwe region of the Netherlands. Buren has 27,168 inhabitants as of 1 January 2022. Geography Buren is located in Gelderland, a province of the Netherlands. It is part of the landscape of Betuwe, a ve ...

, is a city or estate in the Netherlands which was ruled by the

Egmond family The House of Egmond or Egmont (French: ''Maison d'Egmond'', Dutch: ''Huis Egmond'') is named after the Dutch town of Egmond, province of North Holland, and played an important role in the Netherlands during the Middle Ages and the Early modern p ...

. Dutch nobles were commonly named after their possessions. Literally translated, the Dutch word means "neighbours". The surname '' van Buren'' that sometimes is used by the Dutch royal house, is related. The name van Beuren may refer to: * Amadee J. van Beuren (1880–1938), American film producer **

Van Beuren Studios The Van Beuren Corporation was a New York City-based animation studio that produced theatrical cartoons as well as live-action short-subjects from the 1920s to 1936. History In 1920, the Keith-Albee organization formed Fables Pictures for the ...

, American animation studio * Frederick T. van Beuren, Jr. (1876–1943), American physician, surgeon, educator, and writer * Hope Hill van Beuren, American billionaire *John Mohlman van Beuren, American founder of Quan-Tech Laboratories, Inc. and owner two homes built by Bauhaus architects (Bertrand Goldberg and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe) *Michael van Beuren, American Bauhaus designer of furniture

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